› added 6 years ago

186

TIL pistol shrimp produce a snapping sound that is so loud, US submarines would hover above colonies of them because the sound kept them from being detected by Japanese sonar.

Read more bbc.com

via reddit.com

Y7PdA TIL there is a pyramid being built in Germany that is scheduled to be completed in 3183. It consists of 7-ton concrete blocks placed every 10 years, with the fourth block to be placed on September 9 2023.
69gPZ TIL that the Ottoman Empire had a de jure vassal in Xinjiang between 1865 and 1877 called Yettishar
WkQJo TIL that people who have a "fast" metabolism actually have an inefficient metabolism. They have higher levels of " "uncoupling proteins" in the mitochondria of their cells, which essentially causes energy to be lost in the form of heat and not stored as fat.
O4Aa TIL that in the Russian Version of Winnie the Pooh, Pooh is a pseudo intellectual poet and Piglet has a gun.
69LBY TIL that mentally disabled patients at the Judge Rotenberg Center aren't allowed to talk to each-other and will get punised if they do so, employees also can't chat with other employees, it's even encouraged for employees to rat each-other out if they try to have conversation